VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM 14 - Courtesy ARUN

[Guest guest]

(14) Purushah -One who dwells in the Fort-city (Puri sete iti

Purushah). Herein metaphorically the Rishis conceive our body as a

fortress with nine gate-ways- " Nava Dvaarc Pure Dehee " -(Geeta Ch. 5,

St. 13) -and declare the One who rules within it, like a king, is the

Self.

 

This term can also be dissolved in two more different ways giving more

and more suggestions to the nature of the Self. Thus, Purusha can

mean " That which was before all creatures " -Puraa Aaseet iti Purushah

or it can be " One who completes and fulfils the Existence everywhere " ,

meaning, without whom Existence is impossible (Poorayati iti Purushah).

 

This Aatman remains in the bodies of living creatures as their

individuality (Jeeva) and in all the activities, physical, mental and

intellectual, Aatman is not in fact involved but He is therein only an

observer of all that is happening. This will become clear in the

following discussion.